The children struggline under the shadowUnknown  Outside Tanhuali elementary school, Little Xia Qing holds the fence firmly and didn't want to leave from the "prohibited area" to her no matter how hard her mother tried.  She was forced to quit school.    He picks left-over cabbages to feed pigs daily.       Un-registered students  Ma Ruru, 11 years old, of Gansu province lives with two ill brothers. She father died when she was little.  Due to lack of labors in this family, Ma Ruru never has a day in school. She has to help mother everyday. Ma Ruru is eager to go to school, but she understand the difficult situation at her home and never makes the request. She does not know any Chinese characters, but she likes to play with the book of her brother.   -------------------------- |